0. What is a Computer?

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 Why Computers?

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 In the Beginning

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 Most people’s computer...

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 “The Box”
CRT Display CD-ROM Drive

Floppy
Disk
Drive
Keyboard

Mouse

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 Inside “The Box”

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 Motherboard

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 CPU
(Central Processing Unit)

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 SIMM
(Single Inline Memory Module)

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 HDD
(Hard Disk Drive)

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 Power Supply

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 Schematic Diagram of a Personal
Computer...

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 bus
Printer Disk
Mouse controller
Ports
Keyboard Graphics Monitor
Modem card

CPU Sound Speakers

card
RAM
Network
card
Computer

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 Other Examples

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 Computing is Much, Much More...

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 Mobile Computing

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 Output Devices

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 Input Devices

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 “Other” Computing

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 Thank you

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